From the Trenches World Report

GunsAmerica – by S.H. Blannelberry

Dick’s Sporting Goods may no longer sell hunting-related gear and products.

The CEO for the sporting goods retailer said Thursday that the company was doing a trial run in 10 locations, pulling all hunting merchandise and replacing it with other items.

“Though it’s too early to discuss performance, we’re optimistic these changes will better serve the athletes in these communities,” Dick’s CEO Edward Stack said in a conference call, as reported by JSOnline.   Continue reading “Still Feeling the Hurt from Anti-Gun Policies, Dick’s May Pull All Hunting Gear from Stores”

Chron

U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico hit a new record amid sagging production south of the border.

Mexico imported about 6 billion cubic feet of natural per day from the United States in August, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported late Thursday afternoon.  Continue reading “U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico hit new record”

Gizmodo – by Tom McKay

Earlier this year, broadcasting giant Sinclair—the media group that forced anchors at its stations to read an ominous script parroting Donald Trump’s narrative on “fake news”—was stopped by regulators from acquiring rival Tribune Media Co. in a shady $3.9 billion deal that would have amounted to a wholesale takeover of local TV news. Though that deal was defeated, Tribune has now reached an agreement to sell to fellow broadcaster Nexstar Media Group Inc. in a $4.1 billion deal, Reuters reported on Sunday.   Continue reading “Tribune Media May Sell Out to Rival Nexstar, Creating TV Station-Owning Behemoth”

Americans for Tax Reform – by John Kartch

Democrat Florida Congressman Ted Deutch has introduced a carbon tax bill to impose a new national energy tax on the American people. The bill is a massive tax increase which will increase utility bills and the price of all products and services. In classic politician-speak, Deutch has dubbed it “The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2018.”

Voters across the USA — even in blue areas — have consistently rejected carbon taxes when faced with the issue at the ballot box. See the timeline here. On top of that, Paris is burning as hundreds of thousands of French citizens — yes even the French — protest that country’s own carbon taxes.   Continue reading “Details of the Horrible Carbon Tax Bill”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As one of his first acts in office, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his counterparts from three Central American countries have signed an agreement to formulate a plan which will stop the flow of migrants seeking asylum in the United States.

The plan will include a fund to generate jobs in the region, while attacking the “structural causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras,” reports AP, citing a Saturday statement from Mexico’s Foreign Ministry.     Continue reading “Mexico’s New President Signs Deal To Halt Flow Of Migrants”

The international bankers will eventually foreclose on the earth, one Nation at a time, at which time a rabies based pathogen will be introduced into the starving populace.

Why would the current government toy with the idea of “zombie defense”?

https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/16/politics/pentagon-zombie-apocalypse/index.html

My Jewish Learning – by Rabbi Jill Jacobs

The Talmud has consistently defied attempts to categorize it. The legalistic nature of many of its discussions, as well as its importance for the later development of Jewish law, have led many to describe the Talmud as a code of law. However, this narrow definition fails to account for the stories, theological discussions, and anecdotes that make up much of the text. Furthermore, we cannot ignore the structural differences between the Talmud and other Jewish and non-Jewish law codes.   Continue reading “Talmud is Not a Code of Law”

Natural News – by RJ Jhonson

Scientists from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have just discovered a way to build thinner but more efficient solar panels, able to harness more power from the sun than current and conventional solar cells.

The new technology is a perovskite-CIGS tandem solar cell, which means it is composed of two layers. On top is a thin layer of perovskite, an inexpensive material made from iodine and lead. This material has been shown in previous studies and trials to be very efficient at capturing energy from the sun. The perovskite was sprayed into a solar cell made from a compound of CIGS or copper, indium, gallium, and selenide.   Continue reading “New highly efficient thin-film solar cell generates more energy than typical solar panels”

The Jerusalem Post

The UN General Assembly in New York on Friday approved six anti-Israel resolutions including two that ignored Jewish ties to the Temple Mount.

The primary resolution on Jerusalem, that passed 148-11 with 14 abstentions, also disavowed Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem.   Continue reading “148 Nations Disavow Jewish Ties To Jerusalem, Temple Mount”

Middle East Monitor

Two police departments in the New England region of the United States canceled their annual visit to Israeli police forces and engagement in training, amid pressure from organisations affiliated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

The Vermont State Police and the Northampton Police Department in Massachusetts both canceled their planned trip to Israel for a training program just days before it was supposed to start.   Continue reading “Two US police departments cancel training with Israel”

Daily Mail

Emmanuel Macron has condemned the Paris carnage and vowed to bring the rioters to justice, as France faces a state of emergency and calls to send in the army.   

Violent protesters occupied the centre of Paris yesterday and torched cars, smashed windows with clubs and axes and clashed with riot police firing tear gas and water cannon on the Champs-Elysees, in France’s worst urban rioting in more than a decade.    Continue reading “French army set to quell anarchy”

Sputik

The vote followed US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley’s announcement that Washington plans to reject a UN General Assembly resolution on the Golan Heights region given the document’s “anti-Israel bias”.

A resolution urging Israel to withdraw from the entirety of the Golan Heights has been adopted by the majority of the countries represented in the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Continue reading “UN General Assembly Urges Israel to Completely Withdraw From Golan Heights”

Reason – by J.D. Tuccille

Around the world, governments attempt to limit subjects’ legal access to weapons—ostensibly to keep the peace, but in reality often done to minimize challenges to government power. And, around the world, those subjects defy such restrictions, often going so far as to manufacture weapons outside official channels. In fact, DIY firearms ranging in sophistication from muskets to grenade launchers exist in the millions across the planet, according to a new report that should (but won’t) finally demonstrate to government officials the futility of efforts to disarm people who insist on being free.  Continue reading “When Governments Restrict Guns, People Make Their Own By the Millions”